The gamester going to bed [graphic] / Rowlandson del.

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Title: The gamester going to bed [graphic] / Rowlandson del.
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, publisher.
Published / Created: 1811 July 31
Copyright Date: [31 July 1811]
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: T. Rowlandson, N. 1 James St. Adelphi
Abstract: "The gambler, in shirt and breeches, sits beside his bed registering rage and despair. Beside him (right) is a round table on which are a cocked pistol, a purse, dice and dice-box, an open pocket-book inscribed 'Money Lost 10.000'. A lighted candle is broken. His comely wife looks at him in startled horror from the curtained bed."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description: Companion print to: The huntsman rising.
For the original issue from 1809, see: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 135.
Reissue; the year "1809" in imprint statement has been altered to "1811." See British Museum catalogue.
Title etched below image.
Extent: 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 17.4 x 23.2 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1811.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1809.
Watermarks (Paper)--CtY-BR
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, publisher.

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 11448
Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, pages 208-10